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From: Laura Jenkins

Sent: Thur 8/1 3/201 5 9:01 :35 PM

Subject: FW: Gold King Mine Re-cap

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Robert:

I couldn’t find anything on our website confirming that the statement below.

Can you please see if someone can confirm this statement for Ms. Turkewitz of the NY times?

Thanks,

Laura Jenkins
Media Officer
USEPA-Region 8
1595 Wynkoop St.

Mailcode: 8-OC
Denver, CO 80202
Landline: 303-312-6256
Cell: 202-360-8453
Fax: 303-312-6961

From: Turkewitz, Julie [mailto:julie@nytimes.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 2:40 PM
To: Jenkins, Laura Flynn
Subject: Re: Gold King Mine Re-cap

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Thanks Laura.

One item I wanted to confirm.

The AP reports: "One week after the spill, the EPA said runoff had returned to its normal levels
of about 213 gallons per minute."

Is this true? I had not seen this in any releases, perhaps I missed it.

Thank you.

Julie

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:3 1 PM, Jenkins, Laura Flynn <Jenkins Laura@epa.gov> wrote:

For folks covering the Gold King mine incident, we wanted to pass along a re-cap of
Administrator McCarthy's Colorado visit yesterday and what today looks like.

McCarthy started her day yesterday with a meeting with Colorado Gov.

Hickenlooper and Sen. Bennett. Over the course of the day she also spoke with
Sen. Udall, Rep. Tipton, and Rep. Kirkpatrick. She also met with Rep. Lujan and
toured a water sampling facility in Farmington, NM.

McCarthy also attended a briefing at the Unified EPA Area Command, visited with
staff, and hosted a press briefing yesterday afternoon.

Last night EPA released from Aug. 5-9, which shows that water quality for the
Animas River from the Silverton, Colo, area to the Durango municipal water intake
has returned to pre-event water quality levels.

Regarding irrigation, EPA issued a $500,000 work assignment on Monday for the
delivery of water for irrigation and livestock in New Mexico. This service was
previously being provided by San Juan County, NM and we are making deliveries.
We understand the importance of the irrigation systems and are providing data to
local jurisdictions to make informed decisions.

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EPA plans to continue to monitor, analyze and share data for downstream river
segments as it becomes available.

Data, trends and map here:http://www2. epa.gov/goldkingmine/epa-statement-
colorado-data-gold-king-mine-release

Today, McCarthy began her day with a meeting with Navajo Nation President
Begaye and his leadership team. This included a tour through the Navajo Nation
and survey of the San Juan River.

McCarthy will also visit the Farmington, NM Incident Command Center, host a
press availability, meet with officials from the San Juan Water Commission, and
visit the Aztec Emergency Response Center.

We are working on audio and a readout from the press availability for those who
can’t attend in person.

Hope this is helpful for your coverage.

Julie Turkewitz

Denver Bureau

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301 928 5072

@iulieturkewitz

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